Although the club and its members were not held legally responsible for the disaster, the perceived injustice led to changes ...

Heavy rains brought the South Fork dam above the city of Johnstown to the brink of collapse. When the structure finally gave in, a 12-meter high (40 ft) wall of water rushed down from the mountain.

“You cannot tell the story of the Johnstown Flood without talking about the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club, Lake Conemaugh and what was the South Fork Dam,” Manley says. Remove the ads ...

The verse from the Song of Solomon is a perpetual reminder of the Locust Street church’s role in the 1889 Johnstown Flood ... 2,209 people when the South Fork Dam on the Little Conemaugh River ...

Trail of the Year brings the beauty and power of nature together in a 14-mile hiking and biking trail where visitors can experience one of the state's most significant historical events. The Path of ...

On May 31, 1889, an 11-inch rain following an already wet spring led to the catastrophic failure of the South Fork Dam located 14 miles up a narrow canyon from Johnstown, Pa. The water over topped ...